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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-08-10, Page 11Wednesday,August 10, 2005 Exeter Times -Advocate 11 Casual dining in relaxed atmosphere Stephanie Mandziuk TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF GRAND BEND — "My target market is all around me and I'm catering to baby boomers," says Henry Barthalt, manager and co-owner of Breakers at the Bend. The casual dining establishment will open Labour Day weekend if all goes according to plan. "When you come here you can wear shorts, T-shirts and deck shoes and listen to Jimmy Buffet." Barthalt says, "Main Street is for the younger set and I'm thinking about everyone else. I want people to relax when they come here." The menu isn't quite finished but it will fea- Breakers at the Bend is a new restaurant slated to open on River Road in Grand Bend Labour Day weekend. (photo/Stephanie Mandziuk) ture seafood and steaks. There will also be some delectable pastries from a Viennese pastry chef. The restaurant will seat 50 people inside, 30 on an outdoor patio and another hundred on a lower outdoor patio. Breakers will be open for breakfast seven days a week and the kitchen will be open from 7 a.m. to midnight. As for entertainment, Barthalt says he would like to feature single artists during matinees and in the early evening. Breakers at the Bend is the fourth restaurant to open in the Grand Bend area in the last few months. Get well wishes sent to Leon and Shirley Paul By Muriel Lewis GRANTON CORRESPONDENT GRANTON NEWS —Granton -Wesley United Church Women Unit 3 members had a group outing to Sparta on Thurs., Aug. 4. At the Granton -Wesley United Church on Sun., Aug. 7, Pastor Paul VoRick led the service and the message was enti- tled "Try, Try Again?". The lessons were read from Genesis 32 and Romans 9. Michaella Reeve lit the Christ candle. Donations are needed to support the annual Food Grains Growing Project. At St. Paul's Anglican Church in Kirkton on Sun., Aug. 7, Rev. Dalice Sim celebrated the Holy Eucharist and Christine Downey assisted with the ser- vice. Kate Henry read the lesson. The mes- sage was a dialogue between Jesus and Peter which tested Peter's faith walking on water presented by Christine and Dalice. Get well wishes were sent from St. Paul's congregation to Leon and Shirley Paul who met with a car accident recently. Operations manager retiring SOUTH HURON — Longtime municipal employee Dennis Hockey is retiring at the end of the year. Operations manager for South Huron since 2000, Hockey wrote in his retire- ment letter to council "it is time to move on to the next stage in my life." He said he announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31, "with joy and also sad- ness." Before joining South Huron in 2000, Hockey worked for the Exeter PUC for 33 years. He said working for South Huron "has been an enriching and fulfilling experi- ence." Council offered Hockey its best wishes for a long and rewarding retirement. Juniors finish regular season with losses CREDITON - The Crediton Laurmart junior girls fastball team found themselves on the losing side for their last two reg- ular season games. Crediton 5 vs Ilderton I0 A slow start by Crediton with several errors found the local squad in the deficit column. The team began to jell late in the game but it was too late to catch its opponent. Catcher Julie Prout led her team at the plate with a triple in the fifth inning and a sin- gle in the sev- enth. Margaret Geurts was again very suc- cessful at the plate with three long fly balls, one being a triple. Jessica Bray pounded out a dou- ble in the second and sin- gle hits came from the bats of Jessica Davies, Kerri Fulton, Janelle Dykstra. Nikki Cyr played a strong infield for her home squad. Cyr is a coach's dream play- er... being able to play any position. Jessica Bray and Carie Pertschy pitched for Crediton. Crediton 3 vs Oakridge Intermediates 4 The Laurmart juniors found themselves on the winning side of the scoreboard until the seventh inning when their oppo- nent pulled and stayed ahead to beat Crediton by one run. Several Crediton bats were dormant for the night but some of the girls perfect bunt in the fifth and successful- ly made it to third base on overthrows. Margaret Geurts added a double in the fourth to send Jessica Bray home after reaching first Ni Julie P rout were able to score runs. The Fulton sisters, Kerri and Kelli led their team at the plate. Kerri pounded out a triple in the first inning and Kelli placed a kki Cyr on a walk. Amber Preszcator and Julie Prout added single hits. Carie Pertschy pitched strongly for Crediton. AO!, 10 13t4%t 4 736iKt COLLISION & REFINISHING CaII Andy 237-3566 Dashwood Express playoff hopes dim EXETER — With talk swirling throughout the team about possible oppo- nents the Exeter Express must meet to qualify for the OBA "D" champi- onship tournament in Wallaceburg Labour Day weekend, there was a lack of focus about a game against Lakeside July 26. The team still has a pos- sible six league games to play in the next few days. The game against Lakeside was close till the fifth inning but Lakeside pulled away in the later stages of the game for a 9 -3 victory. Marty Merner drew the tough assignment of facing the powerful Lakeside lineup. He allowed only one earned run in five innings on nine hits. Team defence was not as strong as it normally has been and errors led to six other runs. Aaron Leppington pitched the final inning allowing two runs. Exeter scored all three of their runs in the third on hits by Corey Burtch and Nick Regier plus two walks and an error. Exeter had only two hits in the game. The Express tried their best under difficult condi- tions on the weekend but came up on the short end in both games of their double header against Tillsonburg, losing 8-4 and 8-1. Manager Doug Fairbairn was forced to deal with the dilemma of playing both league games and OBA qualifying games during the same time peri- od (over the next 10 days) while at the same time missing several key play- ers. He chose to save his best hurlers for Mitchell and Kincardine. This meant that other pitchers, less used during the year to this point, car- ried on against the Red Sox. In game one the Express rallied for an early 4-0 lead but were unable to hold on. This outburst was start- ed by an Aaron Patterson home run and followed by hits from Lonnie Hawke, Vic Oliveira, Leppington, Mike McConnell and Hawke again. The Express were then held to only four more hits for the rest of the game. These came from the bats of Patterson, Hawke, Derek Masse and Terry Genttner. Jeff Erskine started and pitched well for the first two innings but tired in the third and was the vic- tim of a six -run rally. Paul Elston allowed one unearned run in two plus innings in only his second appearance of the year and Paul Walker made his debut allowing one run. On the plus side, ace Derek Masse threw on the sidelines and appears to be almost ready to return. Brother Dan relieved for the final out of the game. and also pitched two innings in game two allowing three runs. Leppington made his first longer appearance of the year (50 pitches) giv- ing up five unearned runs. Chris Smith shut out Tillsonburg for the final two innings and looked good in his first pitching performance of the year. The Express had only five hits with two by Patterson and one each from Genttner, Walker and Hawke. These losses pretty much eliminate the chances of the Express for the league playoffs. 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